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Psychology Student Success Series

The UM-Flint Psychology Department is happy to announce the Fall 2017 Student Success Series. All are welcome.

Congratulations Maize and Blue Recipient Oliva Storch

Congratulations to Olivia Storch on receiving Maize and Blue Award this Fall, which is the highest academic award available to graduating seniors. Olivia will receive a B.S. in Applied Psychology.

Within the year, Olivia plans to move to Orlando Florida to complete the Walt Disney College Program. Following her experiences in Orlando, Olivia plans to return to Michigan to pursue a PhD. program in Clinical Psychology. Olivia's ultimate goal is to "become a child Psychologist and work with children who have experienced trauma and abuse." Olivia stated that her passion stems from "wanting to help children who have had a difficult life, grow into successful and functioning adults."

Congratulations to our 2017 Maize and Blue recipient and good luck with all of your future endeavors!

Presented by Jason Jarvis as part of thePsychology Department's Student Success Series of faculty mentoring events and activities. Mr. Jarvis hosted this workshop in September and hopes to offer more sessions in the future. If you'd like more information about this workshop or any other departmental events, feel free to contact us. We'd love to hear from you!

Psychology at UM-Flint

Where can Psychology take me?

Few fields have the range of interests that psychology does. The UM-Flint Psychology program will expose you to a variety of topics, including social psychology, behavioral research, statistics, pathology, and biological psychology. Our students have a desire to investigate the behaviors and mental processes of humans and can build an exceptional foundation for a variety of careers.

As has long been true, UM-Flint Psychology offers excellent preparation for continued graduate work in psychology or other fields, such as business, medicine, and computer science. Many employers are interested in psychology majors because they have skills and experience in statistics and experimental design. In addition, employers of all kinds want and need your communication and interpersonal skills; your ability to collect, organize, analyze and interpret data; and, perhaps most important, your strong understanding of human behavior. As a result, many psychology majors find jobs in human resource departments or working as recruiters for large organizations and companies.

According to Bureau of Labor Statistics the 2016 median pay per year for Psychologists was $75,230

And the future looks bright as the field of Psychology expects a 19% growth rate between 2014-2024. That's much faster than the average!